- Added a new UTILS.kpairs iterator, which will base the iteration on a different key, which can be determined before the iteration starts. eg. the key should be a sort in ascending order on the distance of the information in the set, and it should return the distance + item in the set for each element in the set.

- Resolved for TASK_CAPTURE_ZONES the whole logic of determining correctly the player and AI defense zones, as to be displayed in the information panel, this was a very difficult exercise for me.

Moose Development/Moose/Tasking/CommandCenter.lua

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ function COMMANDCENTER:New( CommandCenterPositionable, CommandCenterName )
 
   self:SetAutoAssignTasks( false )
   self:SetAutoAcceptTasks( true )
-  self:SetAutoAssignMethod( COMMANDCENTER.AutoAssignMethods.Random )
+  self:SetAutoAssignMethod( COMMANDCENTER.AutoAssignMethods.Distance )
   self:SetFlashStatus( false )
   
   self:HandleEvent( EVENTS.Birth,
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ function COMMANDCENTER:New( CommandCenterPositionable, CommandCenterName )
       if EventData.IniObjectCategory == 1 then
         local EventGroup = GROUP:Find( EventData.IniDCSGroup )
         --self:E( { CommandCenter = self:GetName(), EventGroup = EventGroup:GetName(), HasGroup = self:HasGroup( EventGroup ), EventData = EventData } )
-        if EventGroup and self:HasGroup( EventGroup ) then
+        if EventGroup and EventGroup:IsAlive() and self:HasGroup( EventGroup ) then
           local CommandCenterMenu = MENU_GROUP:New( EventGroup, self:GetText() )
           local MenuReporting = MENU_GROUP:New( EventGroup, "Missions Reports", CommandCenterMenu )
           local MenuMissionsSummary = MENU_GROUP_COMMAND:New( EventGroup, "Missions Status Report", MenuReporting, self.ReportSummary, self, EventGroup )

Moose Development/Moose/Tasking/Task.lua

@@ -1232,12 +1232,16 @@ end
 
 --- Report the task status.
 -- @param #TASK self
+-- @param Wrapper.Group#GROUP TaskGroup
 function TASK:MenuTaskStatus( TaskGroup )
 
-  local ReportText = self:ReportDetails( TaskGroup )
-  
-  self:T( ReportText )
-  self:GetMission():GetCommandCenter():MessageTypeToGroup( ReportText, TaskGroup, MESSAGE.Type.Detailed )
+  if TaskGroup:IsAlive() then
+
+    local ReportText = self:ReportDetails( TaskGroup )
+    
+    self:T( ReportText )
+    self:GetMission():GetCommandCenter():MessageTypeToGroup( ReportText, TaskGroup, MESSAGE.Type.Detailed )
+  end
 
 end
 

Moose Development/Moose/Tasking/Task_Capture_Zone.lua

@@ -240,10 +240,13 @@ do -- TASK_CAPTURE_ZONE
       local DefenseTaskCaptureDispatcher = self.Dispatcher:GetDefenseTaskCaptureDispatcher() -- Tasking.Task_Capture_Dispatcher#TASK_CAPTURE_DISPATCHER
       
       if DefenseTaskCaptureDispatcher then
-        -- Loop through all zones of the Defenses, and check which zone has an assigned task!
+        -- Loop through all zones of the player Defenses, and check which zone has an assigned task!
+        -- The Zones collection contains a Task. This Task is checked if it is assigned.
+        -- If Assigned, then this task will be the task that is the closest to the defense zone.
         for TaskName, CaptureZone in pairs( DefenseTaskCaptureDispatcher.Zones or {} ) do
           local Task = CaptureZone.Task -- Tasking.Task_Capture_Zone#TASK_CAPTURE_ZONE
-          if Task then
+          if Task  and Task:IsStateAssigned() then -- We also check assigned.
+            -- Now we register the defense player zone information to the task report.
             self.TaskInfo:AddInfo( "Defense Player Zone", Task.ZoneGoal:GetName(), 30, "MOD", Persist ) 
             self.TaskInfo:AddCoordinate( Task.ZoneGoal:GetZone():GetCoordinate(), 31, "MOD", Persist, false, "Defense Player Coordinate" )
           end
@@ -252,7 +255,7 @@ do -- TASK_CAPTURE_ZONE
       local DefenseAIA2GDispatcher = self.Dispatcher:GetDefenseAIA2GDispatcher() -- AI.AI_A2G_Dispatcher#AI_A2G_DISPATCHER
       
       if DefenseAIA2GDispatcher then
-        -- Loop through all zones of the Defenses, and check which zone has an assigned task!
+        -- Loop through all the tasks of the AI Defenses, and check which zone is involved in the defenses and is active!
         for Defender, Task in pairs( DefenseAIA2GDispatcher:GetDefenderTasks() or {} ) do
           local DetectedItem = DefenseAIA2GDispatcher:GetDefenderTaskTarget( Defender )
           if DetectedItem then